Candlestick



(No Model.)

G. GAVIN GROME-R.

' GANDLBSTIGK.

No. 428,673. Patented May 27, 1890.

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ATTORNEYS UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE GAVIN AND LAWRENCE W. CROMER, OF EUREKA, NEVADA.

, CAN DLESTIC K.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 428,673, dated May 27,1890.

Application filed June 22, 1889. Serial 110.315.209. (N0 model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, GEORGE GAVIN and LAWRENCE W. ORoMER, of Eureka, inthe county of Eureka and State of Nevada, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Candlesticks, of which the following is aspecification.

Our invention consists in a new and, improved candlestick, which will behereinafter fully described and claimed.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective Viewof our new and improved candlestick, and Fig. 2 is a vertical sectionalview of the same.

The same letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in both thefigures.

Referring to the several parts by letter, B indicates the pan or base ofthe candlestick, which is of the usual form, but is formed at itscentral part with four apertures B, through which the wires that holdthe candle pass.

A A indicate two wires, each one of which is curved around at its centerin about twothirds of a circle A, the circular central part of the wirebeing then bent at right angles to its straight ends. are bent out atsuch an angle that when the ends A are passed down through the aperturesB and soldered or otherwise secured to the pan B the wires will divergeor spring apart at their upper clamping ends. The wires are so securedto the base that their circular centers A overlap, the circle A of onewire A extending immediately under the circle A of the other wire. Atthe point where the wires A are bent at right angles to their circularcenters A they are curved in to form recesses A so that when the upperends of the wires are pressed together to place a candle in the holderthe under ring A will enter the recesses A of the other wire, thuscausing the two rings to form a complete circle. The four vertical endsor parts of the wires A that form the upright partof the candlestick areclose enough together to steady the candle, especially a long one, whenits lower part passes down between them.

The great advantages of our new and improved candlestick are as follows:Itis cheap to manufacture, having only three parts-the two wires and thebase-panand is very durable; it holds the candle firmly at all times,rendering it impossible for it to fall out of the candlestick; thecandle can be readily raised and lowered in the stick, and it burns Theends A of each wire all the candle without waste; it is very easy tokeepclean, as there is no deep socket to fill with grease, and it istherefore always in order and ready for use.

It will be seen that by constructing our candlestick so that thecircular parts A of the two wires A pull in opposite directions to clampthe candle they will always grip, hold the candle firmly and tightly,and that if the two wires A get bent outward apart it will only have theeffect of causing their upper curved ends to clamp the candle morefirmly. It is thus impossible for our-candlestick to get out of order,for if the upper ends of the wires' are pressed together they arestopped when they come together, and if bent apart their efficiency isincreased. The four ends of the wires forming the upright partof thecandlestick operate to steady the'candle when it is long, as the lowerpart of the candle just fits between them, and if a short piece ofcandle accidentally burns below the rings A it is either snuffed out bythe springing of the wire rings A or falls to the bottom and is heldretained between the four end wires and is safe from all danger of fire.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim, anddesire to secureby Letters Patent, is

1. In a candlestick, the combination of a base-pan B and the twospring-wires A A, having their bent ends secured to the pan B, andhaving the curved overlapping central parts A bent at right angles totheir ends, substantially as set forth.

2. In a candlestick, the combination of a base-pan Band the spring-wiresA, having their bent ends secured to the pan B, and ha ving the curvedoverlapping central parts A bent at right angles to their ends, and therecesses A substantially as set forth.

3. In a candlestick, the combination of the pan B,forn1ed with the fourapertures B, and the Wires A, having the bent ends passing through saidapertures and secured to the pan, and having the curved overlappingcentral parts A bent at right angles to their ends, and the recesses Asubstantially as set forth.

Eureka, Nevada, J une 16, 1889.

GEO. GAVIN. LAWVRENOE \V. OROMER.

Witnesses:

WALTER S. LONG, E. J. BUTLER.

